The two cable networks that have granted the forewoman of a special grand jury as part of the Georgia criminal probe into former President Trump are the same networks that are panning her media blitz.
Emily Kohrs made national headlines this week for offering insight into jury deliberations and whether it recommended charges against Trump and other Republicans in their role in attempting to reverse the Peach State’s 2020 election results.
Clips from her sit-downs with CNN and NBC quickly went viral, particularly for her bizarre enthusiasm and giggly demeanor, something even Trump foes fear could aid his defense team’s effort to dismiss the case entirely.
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Shortly after her interview with CNN’s Kate Bolduan on Tuesday, her colleagues Anderson Cooper and Elie Honig reacted in astonishment.
“First of all, why this person is talking on TV, I do not understand,” a shocked Cooper said. “She’s clearly enjoying herself. But, I mean, is this responsible? She was the foreperson of this grand jury!”
“This is a horrible idea,” said Honig, a CNN legal analyst. “And I guarantee you that prosecutors are wincing, watching her go on this-“
“I was wincing just watching her eagerness to like, you know, hint at stuff,” Cooper exclaimed. “There’s no reason for her to be out talking.”
“No. It’s a prosecutor’s nightmare,” Honig told Cooper. “Mark my words, Donald Trump’s team is going to make a motion if there’s an indictment to dismiss that indictment based on grand jury impropriety.”
CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman offered a similar sentiment on “CNN This Morning.”
“If I’m the prosecutor, I’m not sure that I want this media tour taking place because I’m confident that Donald Trump’s lawyers are going to use this, just based on what I was hearing last night from people, to try to argue that this is prejudicial in terms of what she is saying,” said…
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